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Hey, look! A superb, modern-day Minecraft city that totally looks like one of the older Sim City games. I just love all the unique buildings in Theamazingquinn's map, and it makes me want to reinstall Sim City 2000 again. Read more

Using the depth of field settings correctly makes this Minecraft village and its surroundings by MinecraftPhotography such great scenery. It rather looks like a LEGO diorama than an actual shot from the game. Read more

The Powerpuff Girls have changed... Looks like Professor Utonium went batsh*t insane in this alternate universe of the cartoon, and instead of sugar and spice, he added cyborg bodysuits to his concoction. Read more

Paul Kwon is a concept artist at Riot Games, and when he's not busy creating League of Legends champions and skins, he creates fan-art of other video game characters—like this superb piece, featuring Midna's both forms from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. The finished pic, in its full glory, is below. Read more

Talented Kotaku reader Bonny John's ambitious project—to draw one Pokémon per day—is about to end, as he just finished an amazing Mew fan-art as his 151st drawing in a row. Read more

Because of the angle, at first it doesn't even look like Minecraft, but rather an early screenshot from the first Sims. Actually it's a really smooth shot of the neighbourhood area of Minecraft enthusiast Yazur's modern city project. Read more

Redditor LPain01 took some amazing screenshots of the World of Warcraft zones, using the Free Far Sight tool to double his in-game view distance. They really have an RTS feel, but I don't even want to think about that. Look below for shots of Pandaria, The Barrens, Durotar, Nagrand, Grizzly Hills, Stormwind and more. Read more

MDugarchomp is an appropriation artist from Boston with a penchant for Pokémon and modernist painter Charley Harper. Her latest big project, a trio of posters, depicts the Generation I starter Pokémon and their evolutions. If you wanna see more, check out the rest of her stuff at Tumblr, Etsy and/or deviantART. Read more

If I were the Doctor, I'd surrender too. Not even escaping to the Starbound universe could save the Doctor from the Daleks, who will hound him until either he or they are exterminated. (Redditor StarbounderBR is the one responsible for this fantastic build.) Read more

Everyone has tanooki ears and tails in the pic shared by Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai. The Super Leaf will also let you float in the air, and they're still figuring out whether you can attack with the tail or not. Anyway, I can't wait to see Kirby or the Villager with these. Read more

Dark Souls II is not just about the constant trial and error and boss mechanics. You can easily go wild with its character creator and do amazing things, just like Beemo did. Mon Dieu, this one's fancy! Read more

Artist Patrick Brown captured the mood of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes perfectly in his fan piece. I just love the guard tower's lighting and the rain effects on the ground. Read more

Artist Vincent Bisschop redrew two boss fights from The Legend of Zelda games in a really atmospheric way. Here's Queen Gohma above, from Ocarina of Time, and Kalle Demos below from Wind Waker. Read more

That's one cool, unexpected Marvel/Nintendo mashup by artist Vance Bell. Link and Dark Link from The Legend of Zelda games, back together as Captain Hyrule and The Twilight Soldier. Read more

Welcome to the Lands of Iuvem. Created by redditor crpeh, Iuvem is a world file for Minecraft that you can download and adventure on with your buddies. Or just stare at the scenery by yourself, since it all looks so holy-crap-incredible. The map can be downloaded here, and there's more shots below. Read more

That's one hell of a Terraria castle. It took Torikishi, the creator, 3 months to complete this fancy pixelated home, and he really has built everything you need for a villa by the sea. Even an underground cave with a ghost ship inside. Read more

Keep it up Luigi, you don't wanna fall behind. Here's a superb animation from Slamschultz made for National Sibling Day, featuring the greatest brothers in video game history. Read more